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Intended for sociology and social work students, this textbook introduces statistical analysis, the role of statistics in the research process, and the interpretation of statistical findings. Healey (Christopher Newport University) explains the basic concepts and methods of descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and measures of association. The seventh edition moves flow charts from the web site back into the text and adds an example sampling distribution and an explanation of the correlation matrix. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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A comprehensive, exceptionally well-written text that instructors find to be appropriate for students with varying levels of mathematical skill, ranging from those suffering from math phobia and anxiety to those adept at math. The text provides students a first look at social statistics by illustrating the application of statistics to contemporary social issues. Students learn to read and interpret statistics in a variety of settings. Each chapter is complete with numerous practice exercises, problems, and demonstrations and applications of the latest SPSS statistical software package to reinforce chapter concepts, operations, and formulas. Students can also find demonstrations and applications using the MicroCase statistical package on the text's companion web site. The book's primary emphasis is on developing the following skills necessary for students to become "statistically literate": computational competence; appreciation of statistics; and the ability to read professional social science literature.
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